A morning out!

We went to Toledo this morning for Ellie's 2nd haircut at Cookie Cutters and she did great! It takes mom, dad, her favorite treat (Yogos) and a favorite DVD to get through it, but it appears to be cut straight. Before the appointment we went to The Original Pancake House, one of our favorites. I can't believe how much Ellie ate...she loved it...pancakes, bacon and OJ. We ran a few other errands before heading home for a nap. The sun's not out, but it was warm enough to play outside this afternoon without hats, gloves and our winter coats! Is warm weather getting closer? My Tulips have shown their faces, so it can't be too much longer! We leave Wednesday for St. Croix and we will try to bring the warm weather home!!

Getting ready for vacation

Well, we decided to go to St. Croix and we leave Wednesday. I don't have any summer clothes for Ellie yet, so I have been doing some shopping and thanks to Beth and Ehrika have borrowed and bought some too. Went to the doc yesterday and Ellie never got over the ear infection from a couple of weeks ago...so we are on more antibiotics. In addition, I think she and Jeff are passing a stomach thing back and forth. According to Ellie, everything hurts...knees, eyes, head and so on.

We rented Open Season last weekend and can't tell you how many times Ellie watched it. The bear's name is Boog. I had to return it and she keeps asking for Boog Bear. Might need to b uy that one for the long airplane trip!

She is back on to the potty thing. Went on the potty all day yesterday. She had an accident today, but it was in the bathroom right next to the potty. We need to get a better stool so she can get up there. I think she was trying and by the time I got there it was too late.

Had a great playgroup this week with the MOMS Club and had our second MOMS night out last night! What a great group this is going to be!

Well, more shopping tonight and more shopping this weekend. Getting ready for our trip and Ellie's birthday! Can't believe my girl is going to be 2 in 2 weeks!! She still wants a donut for her birthday!! Too funny!

Loving the warm weather!

Ok, so I am still a day behind on posting. These pictures and the beautiful day were yesterday. We went to the Chelsea Tree House yesterday and Ellie played for 2-1/2 hours and had a blast. She isn't tall enough to climb the tower to get up in the structure, but once she is up there she has no fear. We were there with Lenawee's Child playgroup so there were alot of other people we knew. Another little girl, Lauren, was not quite tall enough either. So, I, super mom, helped them up the tower...over and over and over!!! I got quite a workout. Ellie must not have wanted to miss the sunshine because she only slept 1/2 hour! We played outside all afternoon. And then when Dad got home we all went for a walk and Puck got to go swimming! Today was warm and muggy and now "they" are calling for 1-3" on snow tonight! Weird! Here are some pictures from our warm day yesterday! Bye-bye sunshine...hello snow!

Yeah! Playing outside!

I am a day behind on posting. The ones dated Sunday were actually Saturday's events and the ones I am posting now are from Sunday. It was gorgeous yesterday...Sunny and 50 and no wind. That might not seem warm for those of you who don't live here, but it is when it has been cloudy and 20-30. We got to enjoy some time outside and Ellie played with the little snow that is left on the ground. And, of course, plenty of time in her swing. Earlier in the day we went to COSI . She had so much fun.

Let's play in the water

It was such a nice day we took Puck for a swim. I put Ellie's rain boots on because the day before we went on a walk and she had so much fun going through the puddles. Of course we didn't have her boots on and she got soaked. Well, she had more fun watching Puck swim and wanted to throw his bumper for him, she didn't really play in the puddles. Puck was so excited to be out he ran Ellie over trying to get his bumper. She landed flat on her back in the mud and water. We had to strip her down to put her back in the car. She was more upset about leaving then she was about getting knocked over.

Lowe's is so much fun!

Mom and Dad decided to get organized in the basement by building shelves and drawers. We got to go to Lowes to buy the wood and brackets. It was fun. I can fit places mom and dad can't!

Ellie is exhausted!

We have been playing hard this week. Monday we had a playgroup at our house. Tuesday we went to a playgroup in the morning and had Connor over in the afternoon. Wednesday we went to playgroup in the morning, played with Grammie and Pete in the afternoon and went to a birthday party at the Inflatables place after that. She was so exhausted at the birthday party and being the smallest one there she got tumbled on way too many times and every little thing made her cry. Special thanks to Mason for being a "big brother" and coming to get me when another little boy was roughing her up. Mason went back in with me to get her and tackled the other boy trying to protect Ellie.

She was hysterical when we got home and still had no interest in eating supper. Finally she calmed down enough for pj's and milk and crashed out by about 7:00 p.m. Whew! What a day! I'm ready for bed too!

Camera should be back from repair soon and I will take more pictures!

Ellie, Seth and that is Brennan at the top.

This sure is fun!

Ellie and Brennan. Going up is always fun!